Dec 31, 2020 8:03 AM
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Eligible residents in the five Labrador Inuit communities will start receiving the Moderna vaccine the second week of January.
The Nunatsiavut Government says they are beginning to implement a plan that will see the vaccination process begin on January 11th.
The first shipment of the vaccine is expected to arrive in Happy Valley-Goose Bay in the coming days. Then, it will be transported via specialized containers called Credo Cubs to each of the communities.
The vaccine will be administered in one community at a time. More details will be released about the process in the coming weeks.
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On Monday, 7,200 doses of the Moderna vaccine arrived in Yellowknife, as part of an effort to vaccinate remote parts of Canada that lack the infrastructure to house the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.(N.W.T. Department of Health and Social Services)
Newfoundland and Labrador reported one new case of COVID-19 Tuesday, as the province awaits the arrival of the Moderna vaccine in the province, shipments of which have now reached some of the farthest corners of Canada.
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These are likely the only type of snowmen to be seen around St. John s Christmas morning.(CBC) comments
After being pelted by rain and wind, a drier Wednesday is in store for Newfoundland, with chances of a white Christmas pretty much wiped out for the entire island. If you don t have snow on the ground now, the chances of getting some are pretty slim, said Rob Carroll, an Environment Canada meteorologist in Gander.